In the Interest of A.T., O.T., and J.T., Minor Children
A.T., Father-Appellant
J.M., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Father
Michael M. Linderman
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Robin L. O'Brien Licht
Attorney for Appellee State
Mackenzie Moran, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Julie Trachta
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Cynthia S. Finley, Judge. AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS. Considered without oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Ahlers and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (7 pages)
A mother and father separately appeal the termination of their respective parental rights. Both parents claim that the State failed to establish a statutory ground for termination and the juvenile court should have applied a permissive exception to preclude termination based on their respective bonds with their children. OPINION HOLDS: As to the father, we conclude that his children could not be returned to his custody at the time of the termination hearing, satisfying a ground for termination. We do not apply a permissive exception to preclude termination of his parental rights. As to the mother, the children could not be safely returned to her custody at the time of the termination hearing, satisfying a statutory ground for termination of her parental rights. And we do not apply a permissive exception to preclude termination of her parental rights either.
